avere in animo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to have in soul”.

Verb

avére in animo (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò in animo, first-person singular past historic èbbi in animo or ébbi in animo, past participle avùto in animo, first-person singular future avrò in animo, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia in animo, second-person singular imperative àbbi in animo, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive) to intend or plan [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to’]
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 24, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Axe aveva sempre avuto in animo di andarsene dopo le elezioni di metà mandato.

     Axe had always planned to leave after the midterms.

     (literally, “Axe had always intended to go away after the midterm election.”)